7690. Potassium Thiocarbonate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 26750-66-3
Potassium sulfocarbonate; potassium trithiocarbonate.
CK2S3; mol wt 186.40.
C 6.44%, K 41.95%, S 51.61%.
K2CS3.

Description and references

Monograph: K. N. Johri, Chemical Analysis without H2S using Potassium Trithiocarbonate (Asia Pub., New York, 1963) 107 pp.

Properties

Yellowish-red, deliquesc granules or crystals. Very sol in water. The aq soln is strongly alkaline. Keep tightly closed.

Caution

Irritant, caustic.

Use

In analytical chemistry.